...Howard Spodek Essays on Gandhian Politics: The Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919 . Edited by R. Kumar . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1971 . xiii, 347 pp. Glossary, Index. $10.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1972 1972 BOOK REVIEWS 707 ley, and Hardinge...

...Joan V. Bondurant Satyagraha and the State . By K. Santhanam . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1960 . Preface by Shri B. P. Sinha. viii, 96 . $2.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1961 1961 556 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES only in ambiguous extended...

... Communist party, several hundred “Minority Tamils” (mainly of the traditionally “untouchable” Paḷḷar and Naḻavar castes) sat in nonviolent protest ( satyagrãha ) before the gates of Jaffna's most orthodox Hindu temple, the temple of Lord Kandacami (Skanda) in the village called Maviddapuram. Hindus believe...

... upon the author's residence and study in India during three different periods from 1944 to obscure issues will be obvious to the informed reader. Note should be made here of the clarity with which she has distinguished satyagraha from duragraha and other forms of nonviolence. In any work which includes...

... contradictory thinking on the issue of violence. At times. Gandhi came close to claiming almost magical powers for satyagraha , comparing it to various miraculous movements that had succeeded in overcoming much better armed opponents. He likened his method to the cultivation of yogic practices by Rama...

..., as if dropped Satyagraha and the State. By K. SANTHANAM. into the village himself. New York: Asia Publishing House, i960. The author is a Turkish Muslim and sees her Punjabi Muslim village as a piece of a re- Preface by Shri B. P. Sinha. viii, 96. $2.00. The author of this stimulating book observes gion...

... PANTER-BRICK. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1967. viii, 240 pp. Index. $6.50. Scholarly efforts to find and describe the essential principles of Gandhi's political ethics are advanced by this book. The greater part of the study deals with the origins of satyagraha in South Africa and its development...

... to the independence struggle. It would be unseemly to quarrel over omissions in a collection which offers so much were it not for Dr. Jack's introductory comments on Satyagraha which prompt one to wonder why at least one full chapter devoted to the several aspects of Satyagraha has not been included. Dr. Jack has...

... Mohandas Karamchand , Autobiography ( Ahmedabad : Navajivan Publishing House , 1927 ), pp. 1 and 3 . 7 Gazetteer , pp. 310 and 331. 8 Gandhi, Autobiography , p. 26. 9 Gandhi M. K. , Satyagraha in South Africa ( Triplicane, Madras : S. Ganesan , 1928 ), p...

... is presented. Pitzer College ALLEN J. GREENBERGER Essays on Gandhian Politics: The Rowlatt Satyagraha of 1919- EDITED BY R. KUMAR. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. xiii, 347 pp. Glossary, Index. $10.50. The present ten essays probe one of the central problems of modern Indian history: How and to what extent did...

... the links between Britain and India." She also believes that the nonviolent forms of resistance that Gandhi espoused rarely achieved major or immediate political concessions. In fact, she argues, satyagraha did not oust the British from India but gave Indians what Suzanne and Lloyd Rudolph call "the new...

... of Gandhi's political ethics are advanced by this book. The greater part of the study deals with the origins of satyagraha in South Africa and its development in Indian conditions between 1917 and 1942. As to origins, the author stresses the social and political obstacles that Gandhi encountered rather than...

... in the Modern History of Asia series, this book is divided into four major sections with three essays in each section. The book has two goals. The first is to ask “in what possible registers can Gandhian moral vernaculars— ahimsa, satyagraha, sarvodya —address the ravages of our contemporary world?” (p. 1...

... teaches comparative religion and social ethics. He is also a Gandhian, and this book is a delightful lesson on how we can use Gandhi's way of fighting for the truth {satyagraha) in our own lives. Juergensmeyer begins by outlining the steps in a Gandhian fight. This part of the book concludes with ten...

..., 1984. ix, 182 pp. Bibliographical Note, Notes, Acknowledgments, Index. $12.95. Mark Juergensmeyer teaches comparative religion and social ethics. He is also a Gandhian, and this book is a delightful lesson on how we can use Gandhi's way of fighting for the truth {satyagraha) in our own lives...

... (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973), Dalton's study concentrates on the concept oi satyagraha as Gandhi's seminal political contribution, defining the term as "truth power," rather than the more familiar "truth force." Although Dalton clearly is an admirer of Gandhi, he does not hesitate to offer...

... con ict resolution called by him satyagraha (truthforce) was a dialogic process, inviting negotiation and compromise. In his book, Hardiman mimics Gandhi s strategy, establishing a dialogue with both Gandhi and his commentators. From this position, he applauds and criticizes, adds and detracts...

... Prakasan , 1947 ), p. 93. The movement was more active in the Ma-harashtrian areas, where the more left-oriented Congress gave it fuller support. In all, 449 persons in Hyderabad offered satyagraha . 72 Mohan Ram dates initial Communist organizing in Telengana to 1933, but states that the first...

... Philosophy of Conflict. Revised edition. By JOAN BONDURANT. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965. xxiii, 271, Notes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index. $1.75. Paper. The revised edition of Dr. Bondurant's study of Gandhian satyagraha in a paperback edition is to be welcomed, both...

... . 23 Sukanya Shantha, “With ‘GM Satyagraha,’ Maharashtra Farmers Want Public Dialogue About GM Crops,” The Wire , July 7, 2019, https://thewire.in/agriculture/shetkari-sanghatana-htbt-cotton-agricultural-innovation (accessed February 4, 2021); see also Barun S. Mitra, “Maharashtra Farmers...